15 Nov 1998 Press Statement by the
President of the Security Council in which the Council takes note of Iraqs statement
of 14 November to cooperate fully with the Special Commission and the IAEA. The Council
members underline that their confidence in Iraqs intentions needs to be established
by unconditional and sustained cooperation with the Special Commission and the IAEA in
exercising the full range of their activities. The Council members also reaffirm their
readiness to proceed with the comprehensive review once the Secretary-General has
confirmed, on the basis of reports from the Special Commission and the IAEA that Iraq has
returned to full cooperation on the basis of resolution 1194 (1998) and the Council
Presidents letter of 30 October to the Secretary-General (SC/65/96-IK258).

3 Dec 1998 The Special Commission submits
the first of a series of weekly reports on its activities during the period 17 November to
2 December 1998. The report covers inspection activities during that period and also
provides an account of correspondence exchanged with Iraq regarding matters such as the
provision of documents, clarifications on a number of points previously raised with Iraq
and asking that Iraq provide new substantial information on its biological weapons
programme.

9 Dec 1998 The Special Commission submits
its second weekly report to the Security Council describing monitoring activities and the
difficulties encountered in the course of those activities, including blockage at a site.

15 Dec 1998 The Special Commission reports
to the Security-General concerning UNSCOMs activities and the status of Iraqs
cooperation with the Commission in the period since 14 November 1998. The Executive
Chairman concludes that Iraq did not provide the full cooperation it had promised on 14
November 1998 (S/1998/1172).

16 Dec 1998 The Special Commission
withdraws its staff from Iraq.

January 1999 The Council discusses
informal proposals submitted by France Russia and Canada including on ways to re-establish
dialogue and cooperation between Iraq and the United Nations.

25 Jan 1999 The Executive Chairman submits
a report (S/1999/94) to the President of the Security Council on disarmament and
monitoring.

30 Jan 1999 Through a note (S/1999/100),
the President of the Security Council announces that the Security Council has decided that
it would be useful to establish panels to, inter alia, provide the Council with
recommendations on how to re- establish an effective disarmament/ongoing monitoring and
verification regime in Iraq.

27 Mar 1999 The Chairman of the Panels
forwards the reports of the Panels to the President of the Security Council (S/1999/356).

9 April 1999 The Commission submits its
semi-annual report to the Security Council (S/1999/401).